In August, Beverly Hills, 90210 vet Shannen Doherty revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.

And on Thursday the 44-year-old actress gave an update on her health while on The Dr Oz Show.

The Heathers star explained that she can no longer have children because of the treatment she is undergoing. She also said that she will have to undergo surgery soon.

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Her battle: Shannen Doherty broke down in tears while on Dr Oz as she relayed her cancer treatment has prevented her from getting pregnant

She needs support: Dr Oz held her hand as she said she may now adopt children

‘I’m 44 and my husband and I wanted children,’ the Charmed star said. She is currently on medicine that prevents her from getting pregnant.

That means that they will most likely adopt.

The brunette beauty also said that the mass is still in her breast and she has not had surgery yet. Her oncologist wanted Shannen to take the medicine regimen first to see if it would shrink the tumor.

She doesn’t want to hurt her family: ‘You worry most about the people that you love and making sure that they are going to be okay. For me, that was the hardest part,’ she told Dr Oz

She told Dr Oz she has not decided what type of surgery she will get.

‘It’s between two of them and at the end of the day it will be up to my doctor and it could change the last minute,’ the actress said.

‘I’m actually going to a center, just to sort of get their general opinion and then I head back to LA and instantly go in with my doctors. You know, I’m like, “You guys make the final decision. What would you do if it was your wife? What would you do if it was your daughter?”‘

Staying strong: The Heathers star also said that she will have to undergo surgery soon; here she is seen in November

Trying to go about her life: The Eighties icon said she has been trying to eat right and exercise; here she is seen at a garden center in Malibu in late January

She has support: She has been married to photographer Kurt Iswarienko since 2011; here they are seen in Malibu in December 2014

The plan is to block estrogen to the tumor. Doherty told Dr Oz she will be getting surgery ‘soon.’

As far as having a mastectomy, she said is getting used to the idea. ‘They’re just breasts. In the grand scheme of things, I would rather be alive and I would rather grow old with my husband,’ said the star.

He has said the diagnosis made their marriage stronger. ‘For us, it has brought us closer together. It’s one of those times you get to test your mettle as a married couple,’ said Iswarienko.

Being diagnosed with cancer has caused the Playboy cover girl to take better care of her body. ‘I am continuing to eat right, exercise and stay very positive about my life,’ she said.

‘I am thankful to my family, friends and doctors for their support and, of course, my fans who have stood by me.’

Family is what first came to mind when she received her cancer news.

‘You worry most about the people that you love and making sure that they are going to be okay. For me, that was the hardest part,’ she told Dr. Oz.

The TV icon then teared up.

Her cancer was revealed when she filed a misconduct lawsuit against her business managers that she claims had failed to pay her health insurance bill.

The lapse in payment meant Doherty didn’t visit her doctor even though she felt a lump in her breast.

The former Dancing With The Stars contestant has since urged women to get their health checked.

She was the bad girl of TV: Doherty’s Brenda was one of the most hated people on TV in the Eighties

‘You have no idea what that extra time might have afforded you,’ she said.

‘Mine for instance spread to a lymph node or two. It might not have spread … The most important thing is catching it as early as humanly possible.’

She also said having cancer has affected her career: ‘I think that people think that I’m “sick”. And therefore I’m unable to perform and what will I be like on a set, and will I remember my lines, and will I be able to make it every single day. And the answer is yes of course!

‘There will be once I get surgery, which is right around the corner, there’ll be that recovery time and that I just have to take for myself. But it’s also because you do change a little bit while you’re on the medicine and everything else.

More trouble: Meanwhile, her old 90210 co-star Spelling has been suffering from migraines, RadarOnline reported, and was hospitalized on Sunday; here she is seen on Kocktails With Khloe

‘And you gain weight and there is nothing that you can do about it. And you do get puffy and I think that all affects a career like mine that’s not only based on talent, but it’s so much based on sort of the superficial shell that is right here.

‘And so it has affected it and I’ve been lucky I have like a director that adores me and hires me for a lot of stuff and another director like Kevin Smith, but you know those are few and far between. I think that most people are usually like ‘Oh God is she okay?’.”

Meanwhile, her old 90210 co-star Spelling has been suffering from migraines, RadarOnline reported, and was hospitalized on Sunday.

I loved her as Brenda Walsh, I loved her as Prue Halliwell, I love her as herself. From one cancer patient to another Be strong! and remember you are light, you are one too strong to fight, cancer return to where shadows dwell, you cannot have this Halliwell! #wecanbeatthis!